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**Reel Slots** Gaming Machines => **Reel Gaming Machines** **General Chat** => Topic started by: trashman on March 09, 2015, 10:37:59 AM
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hi the machine is called sundance west dollar stampede.what info im looking for is who made it,why theres a slot for quaters and theres no where for them to go and finally whats it may be worth.thanks
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Looks like a bally electro mechanical from first looks. We need pictures of the inside to tell.
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ok there posted thanks
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...why theres a slot for quaters and theres no where for them to go ...
Why do you say there is nowhere for them to go? It has a hopper. If they are just dropping to the tray, something is not working.
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I think what he means is that, in addition to the normal dollar coin slot at the player's right hand, there appears to be
a second quarter-size slot, exactly opposite on the left side. There's also an odd recess just below the lock on the
oddball jackpot mechanism above the reels that could be a coin-insert slot.
Deeply weird! Better pics would help.
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Interesting. Is there actually a physical slot on the left side? I don't see one on the inside of the door picture. Perhaps the glass came from another machine? The one on the top looks more like a dispenser than a drop slot. Like if you win a certain combo, one of those coins/tokens drops into the slot. Sort of like the ones they used to have in Vegas where you could win the casino "$10 token".
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You're probably right, Tex. This machine may be an assemblage of odd parts.
The "jackpot" dispenser is certainly an add-on.
And is that the Games of Nevada logo I see just to the right of the coin slot?
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Yeah, definitely looks like an old (early - mid 80's) "Games of Nevada" EM token machine. Here's some pictures of my old 5 reel with inside door and relays. Looks very similar.
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Kind of looks like an early Universal? Bill.
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I "enhanced" the top right part of the picture. I see what looks like a drop in slot, which makes sense when seeing the long coin chute right there.
I can't see anything clear on the left though...
As for that other panel, yes... maybe it was just from another machine and just happened to fit!
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Blurry cropped pic, but the chrome on the side of the slot compared to the panel seems different...
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If I remember correctly the top right part of your enhanced photo that "drop in" slot is really just a "catch" for the token which comes in from the left. It's been quite a while so I hope this is the same machine I am thinking of. :Scratch-Head:
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That game is original and I have one just like it.
The large coin is for silver dollars and they run through an escalator like the old mechanical machines. When the silver dollars drop into a different type of hopper that has a conveyor belt and moves them to a chute that goes into the coin box in the stand. The machine can also be coined up with the new quarter sized dollars in the small coin accepter and they drop into a conventional hopper in the bottom of the machine. This hopper is the one that pays any and all winnings from either the silver dollars or from the small coin, Susan B Anthony size coins.
As some may remember, I sold a lot of my machines to get down to a reasonable level, however this is one machine I kept.
But it could be for sale.
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Neon, Is the slot at the top a coin in for silver dollars ? If it is then it is not the same machine that used to be around and had tokens come out at certain times (can't remember payoffs for tokens or if just random). The tokens could be used for gifts at the casino gift shops. Harrah's was a good one for that and so was the Sands. However, always took a lot more tokens than I ever got :banghead:
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Large slot at the top is for coin in.
The machine can be coined up with the large or small coins.
Large coins in move one coin in the escalator to the left and pushes one coin out the top of the escalator that drops into a med-machine hopper with that conveyor belt system.
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this last post is correct silver dollers up top.i tryed quaters and they get rejected to the pay out pan.i dont have any of the new dollers but i get some and try them.i see if you use them they dont just fall in the bottem of the machine the slot makes then fall into a hole in the bottem of the machine where i guess they went into a collector box probaly built into the stand.
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ok how can i make that belt a little more sticky to bring the dollers up it move them but it takes some time.this is really a cool machine the more i look into it. :thank_you: every one for your input !
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So, who is the manufacturer? I can't read it on the glass.
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So, who is the manufacturer? I can't read it on the glass.
Roz, This is a partial answer to your question-
Here is an interesting picture of the Sundance West casino that was located on Fremont St in Las Vegas for about 5 years back in the late 1970's. Notice the top line of their marquee, it says "Try our DOLLAR STAMPEDE". That's the name of this slot machine. It's as if they had this slot machine custom made for them, so the machine's lower glass says "Sundance West Dollar Stampede". Also, the marquee second line mentions the same 97% payback that is written on the front of this machine.
Going by the writing on the glass that can be seen behind the coin entry ("------- Games") in what looks like Bally style writing, and the coin tray that definitely looks Bally, maybe this machine was made by Bally Games for the Sundance West casino.
EDIT: not Bally, it is made by Games of Nevada, see later posts in this thread
The casino called "Mermaids" is now located at the former Sundance West location.
[click on photos for larger view]
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Well, on the reel glass, there is a name, I just can't make it out. Looks to start with a G, like Genus maybe???
We were fortunate to spend some time with an older Bally employee, and apparently, it was quite common for custom games to be made. Apparently, it was little more than "Send it up to Artwork and they will make a glass", on an already approved machine/pay scale. He reminisced about "Waiting for the Artwork" for small casino installs...wow, just makes me realize how much history was lost with so little documentation...
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Sounds to me like there are two people who can positively identify the manufacturer:
1. Neonkiss, one of our highly respected members who actually owns an identical machine.
2. Trashman, the owner, who could read and/or photograph the name(s) printed on the glass,
on the "blue label" on the outside of the machine, and perhaps any other names, like on the PC boards.
C'mon, you two, put us out of our misery: who built this fascinating oddball?
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I found an old thread by Neonkiss with pictures of his machine,
he says it was made by Games of Nevada. I think SolidSilver
was the first to say anything about Games of Nevada.
http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=1360.0;prev_next=next (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=1360.0;prev_next=next)
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Thanks for the history on this game thats really cool.p.s on the belly glass it says games if your talking about the word starting with g in the coin drop area.
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It doesn't say "Games of Nevada", just "Games" ?? :Scratch-Head:
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not on the belly glass but there is a tag i found thats say games of nevada and it was built 12-76
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When I was reading about the Sundance West casino (the place that probably ordered this machine to be built for them) it said the Sundance West was in business from about 1975-1980. So that date tag fits with things.
If it isn't a lot of trouble can you post a picture from above of the lower right corner glass area, just behind the coin entry head, where it says "Games"? That way we can clearly see how the writing is done in the artwork. Thanks!
It almost looks as if that glass has slipped downward, there is a small gap at the top. Maybe the rest of the "Games of Nevada" writing is below the chrome piece?
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What is behind the panel with the dollar coins in the escalating part in the top section? Curious to see how that is built in there.
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Games of Nevada typically thought of their company name as Games, with the "of Nevada" part a sort of afterthought,
like INC or LLC. Thus, their logo (as it appeared on the glass) consisted only of the word Games,
in script, wherein the G almost looked lower-case; that's what you are seeing here.
They used a more block-lettered font when the full name was used, on things like manuals and manufacturer's labels.
Here are two examples:
one is the "logo" on the glass of a Keno machine; it's just like what you are seeing on this Sundance machine.
the other is a manual, with the full corporate name spelled out.
This should clear up some of the confusion.
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Games of Nevada typically thought of their company name as Games, with the "of Nevada" part a sort of afterthought,
like INC or LLC. Thus, their logo (as it appeared on the glass) consisted only of the word Games,
in script, wherein the G almost looked lower-case; that's what you are seeing here.
They used a more block-lettered font when the full name was used, on things like manuals and manufacturer's labels.
Here are two examples:
one is the "logo" on the glass of a Keno machine; it's just like what you are seeing on this Sundance machine.
the other is a manual, with the full corporate name spelled out.
This should clear up some of the confusion.
It does make it more clear, thanks for the explanation & photos!
I'm still kinda amazed at how clean & new looking the 38 year old parts are inside the machine shown in OP first comment last photo, reshown here:
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Sorry for the late reply back on this one.
I did find a video I took a while back. The first coin in is the large silver dollar in the top and the second coin in is the smaller SAB sized dollar coins.
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Games of Nevada typically thought of their company name as Games, with the "of Nevada" part a sort of afterthought,
like INC or LLC. Thus, their logo (as it appeared on the glass) consisted only of the word Games,
in script, wherein the G almost looked lower-case; that's what you are seeing here.
They used a more block-lettered font when the full name was used, on things like manuals and manufacturer's labels.
Here are two examples:
one is the "logo" on the glass of a Keno machine; it's just like what you are seeing on this Sundance machine.
the other is a manual, with the full corporate name spelled out.
This should clear up some of the confusion.
Yes, it does! I could t figure it out, I cpkept tryi g to see "Genus", or something similar! Thank you thank you!
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Sunrise Side (http://newlifegames.com/nlg/index.php?action=profile;u=140) heres some pics you ask for
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I wonder If that black and white picture, from reply #18 was staged somewhat, or if someone just took it at the perfect time?
It's an amazing picture either way. The more I look at it the more it looks to be just the perfect picture, just the scene captured in a time that's long gone now, there on Fremont street. Thanks for posting rokgpsman!
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Ah, yes, the fondly-remembered days of yore-but-no-more,
when it was reasonable to assume the majority of pedestrians
could read basic English, as evidenced by the "DON'T WALK" sign.